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The Dark Side
"Allora, sono abastanza cattivo?""MM Mickey Mouse Mystery Magazine""Am I badass enough for you now?""MM Mickey Mouse Mystery Magazine"I never knew Mickey Mouse lived in Mouseton until a few weeks ago....
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Strong Poison
I'm still in a dream, Snake Eater "Snake Eater" (Cynthia Harell) Never seen a snake I think (except for in the zoo) and I sure am not planning to see one any time soon...Kamiki Raichi is a very...
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The Haunted Showboat
The show must go onThere are many mystery stories set on means of transportations, like ships or trains, but I wonder how many there are set on a bicycle. For example, what about an impossible murder...
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Go Away Ghost Ship
"It was no disgrace, French thought, for any detective to take a leaf out of Holmes' book.""The Loss of the Jane Vosper"Never been that long on a ship, actually, now I think about it. The longest was...
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Indigo Ashtray
"Yes, you are right, Madame; the sky is blue, the sun is shining, and yet you forget that everywhere there is evil under the sun.""Evil Under The Sun"Man, I had been sitting on this audio drama for...
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The Double Clue
Out flew the web and floated wide- The mirror crack'd from side to side; "The curse is come upon me," cried The Lady of Shalott. The Lady of ShalottIn 2015, I reviewed the Japanese TV adaptation of...
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It's All in the Game
「ピカッとひらめいた! 」『名探偵ピカチュウ』 "A bolt of brilliance!" "Detective Pikachu"While they have been a while for a long time, episodic videogames really took off with the many games by TellTale Games like Sam &...
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Mask of the Phantasm
「明るい日差しを感じてモーニン！恋も事件も土曜がスタート！今日はスペシャルミステリー。笑う仮面の鳥肌トリック。たった一つの真実を見抜く、見た目は子供頭脳は大人。その名は、名探偵コナン！」『名探偵コナン』"Feel the bright sunlight, good morning! The Saturday starts for both your love and work! Today...
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The Message in Red
"The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, moves on"Rubaiyat (Fitzgerald translation) Confession: For the longest time, I'd mix up Freeman Wills Crofts and R. Austin Freeman.Life after medical school...
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The House of the Nightmare Witch
君のいない未来がただ大きな闇に見え死んでしまえば生きなくていい 「Holy Ground」（Garnet Crow）A future without youOnly looks like a looming darkness to meI might as well die so I wouldn't have to live on anymore"Holy Ground" (Garnet...
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Wonders of the World
Seven Days War 戦うよ僕たちの場所この手でつかむまで「Seven Days War」（TM Network） Seven Days War - We will fight onUntil we will get hold of a place of our own"Seven Days War" (TM Network)A re-read today! Well, I had only...
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Don't Wanna Lie
「真実はいつも一つ！」『名探偵コナン』 "There's always only one truth!""Detective Conan"With a comic series with 94 volumes (and more in the making), and an animated television series just two episodes short of 900,...
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Turnabout Storyteller
"The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to the seeker after it.""The Murder of Roger Ackroyd"On this blog, I try to discuss mystery fiction in various forms. While most of...
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番外編：The 8 Mansion Murders
It's that time of the year again! Hay fever? Well, yes, that too, but the last few years, the early spring has also been the period for me to do a service announcement that should interest those who...
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Instead of Evidence
オレンジ色した極楽特急に乗り込んで彼に行くよ「恋の極楽特急」（小島麻由美）I'll get on that orange paradise express to go meet with him "The Paradise Express of Love" (Kojima Mayumi)I do want to climb the Fuji one day...Inspector Totsugawa...
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Cool City
「あれが天王寺動物園！あれが大阪ドーム！ほんでここが通天閣や！！どや？えートコやろ大阪は！」 『名探偵コナン』"That's Tennoji Zoo over there! And that's Osaka Dome! And ya got Tsutenkaku here! What'cha think? Osaka's a great place, right?!""Detective...
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Murder at the Television Studio
"Print! Radio! That's what reaches people. Television is just a frivolous, expensive playtoy." "The Adventure of the Hardhearted Huckster"As I mentioned in my review of the excellent Japanese TV...
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High Spirits
Damnant quod non intelliguntIf someone says they're too cynical to participate in a seance, does that mean they are actually leaving the door ajar for the supernatural because they recognize their...
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She Died a Lady
Dance into the fireThat fatal kiss is all we need"A View to a Kill" (Duran Duran) Mystery fiction has always thrived on the re-use of concepts. When you read a mystery novel, chances are that the...
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A Good Medium is Rare
"Nothing is impossible," declared The Thinking Machine with equal emphasis. He always spoke petulantly. "The mind is master of all things. When science fully recognizes that fact a great advance will...
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